Jurn Kabir, a travelling horse-drawn cart dealer supplied the villages with vegetables and fruit

Jurn Kabir, a travelling horse-drawn cart dealer supplied the villages with vegetables and fruit

Jurn Kabir, wooden door bar lock, seen from the interior side

Jurn Kabir, wooden door bar lock, seen from the interior side

Jurn Kabir, a rural house, where each room has its own door opening on the courtyard

Jurn Kabir, a rural house, where each room has its own door opening on the courtyard

Jurn Kabir, children at the sabil of a private house, where people passing find potable water

Jurn Kabir, children at the sabil of a private house, where people passing find potable water

Jurn Kabir, whitewashing with chalk milk

Jurn Kabir, whitewashing with chalk milk

Jurn Kabir, Girls from Habuba Kabira are preparing the lime milk from local chalk

Jurn Kabir, Girls from Habuba Kabira are preparing the lime milk from local chalk

Jurn Kabir, inside a traditional living room, equipped with wooden door and window, water basin and felt carpet (lubbad)

Jurn Kabir, inside a traditional living room, equipped with wooden door and window, water basin and felt carpet (lubbad)

Jurn Kabir, a tawny owl, which occurs there frequently

Jurn Kabir, a tawny owl, which occurs there frequently

Jurn Kabir, the traditional type of the double room house, which is divided inside by a transverse wall.

Jurn Kabir, the traditional type of the double room house, which is divided inside by a transverse wall.

Jurn Kabir, construction of a room from quarry stones with clay mortar

Jurn Kabir, construction of a room from quarry stones with clay mortar

Jurn Kabir, Woman demonstrating the production of a rod mat (arab. zarb) with the help of stone weights

Jurn Kabir, Woman demonstrating the production of a rod mat (arab. zarb) with the help of stone weights

Jurn Kabir, a swift that was found on the ground

Jurn Kabir, a swift that was found on the ground

Jurn Kabir, Well on the shore terrace, overlooking the wide flood plain of the Euphrates, which was flooded in the Tishrin reservoir

Jurn Kabir, Well on the shore terrace, overlooking the wide flood plain of the Euphrates, which was flooded in the Tishrin reservoir

Jurn Kabir, a typical old house of the Euphrates valley near Qalʿat Najm with a large log (willow) transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Jurn Kabir, a typical old house of the Euphrates valley near Qalʿat Najm with a large log (willow) transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Jurn Kabir, the only two school classrooms for children of the village

Jurn Kabir, the only two school classrooms for children of the village

Jurn Kabir: in 1998 brooms were still made by hand in some villages

Jurn Kabir: in 1998 brooms were still made by hand in some villages

Jurn Kabir, the fertile plain of the Euphrates with floodplain forest in the background before the flooding of the Tishrin Dam

Jurn Kabir, the fertile plain of the Euphrates with floodplain forest in the background before the flooding of the Tishrin Dam

Jurn Kabir, flatbreads are rolled out with a stick, so that they can become wafer-thin and can be baked on the tray over the fire.

Jurn Kabir, flatbreads are rolled out with a stick, so that they can become wafer-thin and can be baked on the tray over the fire.

Jurn Kabir, a woman offering her dowry (carpets and sacks for storage)

Jurn Kabir, a woman offering her dowry (carpets and sacks for storage)

Jurn Kabir, wall shelf on which metal plates, cups and spoons are presented

Jurn Kabir, wall shelf on which metal plates, cups and spoons are presented

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard floor with geometrical designs

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard floor with geometrical designs

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior and Shrine of the Prophet Zechariah

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior and Shrine of the Prophet Zechariah

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard, vertical declining sundial

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard, vertical declining sundial

Citadel of Aleppo, the Great Mosque - inscription

Citadel of Aleppo, the Great Mosque – inscription

Great Mosque, Plan of the building parts

Great Mosque, Plan of the building parts

Courtyard of the Great Mosque, Hama

Courtyard of the Great Mosque, Hama

Great Mosque, prayer hall, Shrine of the Prophet, ceramic tiles Zakariya

Great Mosque, prayer hall, Shrine of the Prophet, ceramic tiles Zakariya

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard, horizontal sundial

Great Mosque of Aleppo, courtyard, horizontal sundial

Citadel of Aleppo, minaret of the Great Mosque

Citadel of Aleppo, minaret of the Great Mosque

Minaret of the Great Mosque of Hama

Minaret of the Great Mosque of Hama